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Form  No.  471 


ADDRESS  OF  THE  BISHOP. 

Brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity: 

Eleven  years  ago  we  met  for  our  eighty-fifth  Annual  Con- 
vention in  St.  Philip's  Church,  Durham ;  we  are  now  met  in 
St.  Philip's  Church,  Durham,  for  our  ninety-sixth  Annual 
Convention.  But  how  changed  is  the  outward  aspect  of  St. 
Philip's !  The  small  framed  building,  which  the  few,  who 
can  remember  it  thirty-one  years  ago,  regarded  as  a  great 
achievement  for  our  little  band,  has  given  place  to  this  beau- 
tiful stone  structure;  and  even  this  is  hardly  adequate  to  the 
needs  of  the  growing  congregation.  This  change  indicates  a 
wonderful  increase  in  numbers  and  in  material  resources, 
and  a  corresponding  increase  in  the  power  and  opportunity  of 
extended  service.  I  am  happy  in  the  belief  that  this  congre- 
gation is  not  wholly  unresponsive  to  their  increasing  responsi- 
bilities, but  that  rector  and  people  are  endeavoring  to  bear 
their  share  in  the  work  of  extending  God's  Kingdom,  both  at 
home  and  abroad.  May  we  all  recognize  the  duty  and  the 
privilege  of  employing  our  growing  strength  and  resources  in 
developing  the  influence  and  work  of  the  Church  of  God, 
whose  interests  we  are  now  met  to  consider  and  to  provide  for. 

It  is  my  first  duty  to  inform  the  Convention  of  the  recent 
death  of  two  of  the  oldest  of  our  clergy,  who  have  not  of  late 
years  attended  our  meetings,  on  account  of  bodily  infirmity, 
and  both  of  whom  resided  out  of  the  State,  though  they  re- 
tained their  canonical  connection  with  this  Diocese,  the  Rev. 
James  B.  Avirett  and  the  Rev.  James  H.  Williams.  Mr. 
Avirett  died  at  the  residence  of  his  son  in  Cumberland, 
Maryland,  February  16th  last,  and  Mr.  Williams,  whose  resi- 
dence, since  leaving  the  Diocese,  had  been  in  the  State  of  Vir- 
ginia, died  in  St.  Augustine,  Florida,  where  he  had  gone  to 
spend  the  winter,  on  the  6th  of  March. 

They  were  both  men  who  lived  a  good  deal  in  the  past,  and 
who  could  not  fully  adapt  themselves  to  the  tremendous 
changes  which  had  come  after  they  had  reached  years  of  ma- 
turity. They  had  both  spent  the  early  years  of  their  ministry 
in  Virginia,  though  Mr.  Avirett  was  a  native  of  North  Caro- 
lina, and  they  came  to  the  work  of  this  Diocese  in  their  old 
age.    But  they  were  deeply  attached  to  the  Church,  and  they 


were  earnest  and  devoted  laborers,  even  in  their  old  age.  Mr. 
Williams  built  the  churches  at  Mayodan,  Stoneville,  and 
Mocksville,  and  was  also  helpful  in  building  that  at  Elkin. 
They  worked  faithfully  in  their  holy  calling,  amid  many  sor- 
rows and  trials,  but  we  have  every  reason  to  feel  assured  that 
they  had  peace  and  light  at  the  last.  He  is  faithful  who  hath 
promised. 

My  sendees  during  the  year  have  been  as  follows : 

May  10.  Henderson,  Church  of  the  Holy  Innocents,  special  visitation : 

Preached,  confirmed  thirteen  persons. 

14.  The   Fourth    Sunday    after   Easter,    visitations.     11    a.    m. 

Speed,    St.    Mary's    Church:     Confirmed    three    persons, 

preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

2  p.  m.     Preached  to  a  large  congregation  in  the  country 

four  miles  from  Speed. 
3:30  p.  m.     Lawrence,  Grace  Memorial  Chapel:     Said  Even- 
ing Prayer,  preached,  and  confirmed  six  persons. 

17.  The  Ninety-fifth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Diocese  met 

in  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Rocky  Mount,  10  a.m. 
11  a.  m.  Opening  service:  I  consecrated  the  enlarged 
and  remodeled  church  building,  preached,  and  adminis- 
tered the  Holy  Communion.  I  presided  at  the  several 
business  sessions  of  the  Convention.  8:15  p.  m.  Offici- 
ated at  the  evening  service. 

18.  Presided    at    the    business    sessions,    and    officiated    at   the 

evening  service. 

19.  7:30  a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Communion.     Presided 

during  the  business  sessions,  and  gave  the  Blessing  when 
the  Convention  adjourned  sine  die  at  4  p.  m. 

4:30  p.  m.     Made  an  address  in  a  public  hall  at  the  chil- 
dren's "Mystery  Play." 

8:15  p.  m.     In  the  church  confirmed  one  person. 
21.  The  Fifth  Sunday  after  Easter,  Raleigh,  11  a.  m.,  St.  Mary's 
Chapel:     Participated    in   the    "Commencement    Sunday" 
service. 

8   p.   m.     Church   of  the   Good   Shepherd:     Confirmed   two 
persons. 

24.  Presided   at  the   annual  meeting   of  the   Trustees   of   St. 

Mary's  School. 

25.  Ascension  Day,  Raleigh.     7:30  a.  m.     St.  Mary's  Chapel: 

Administered  the  Holy  Communion.  Attended  the  Com- 
mencement of  St.  Mary's  School.  12:30  p.  m.  Officiated 
at  the  closing  service  and  made  an  address. 

26.  Charlotte:      Attended   a  meeting   of   the   Managers   of  the 

Thompson  Orphanage. 


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28.  Sunday  after  the  Ascension.     11  a.  m.     Smithfield:     Conse- 
crated  St.   Paul's   Church,   preached,  confirmed   two   per- 
sons, and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
5  p.  m.     Raleigh,  St.  Augustine's  Chapel:     Officiated  at  the 
"Commencement  Sunday"  service. 

30.  Presided  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  St.  Augus- 

tine's School. 

31.  Attended    the   annual   Commencement   of   St.    Augustine's 

School. 
June    5.  Raleigh,  St.  Mary's  Chapel:     Officiated  at  the  opening  serv- 
ice of  St.  Mary's  Conference,  and  made  an  address. 

6.  7:30  a.  m.     In  same  place:     Administered  the  Holy  Com- 

munion. 

7.  Louisburg,  St.  Paul's  Church:     Officiated  at  a  marriage. 

9.  Officiated  at   the  closing  service  of  St.  Mary's   Conference 
and  made  an  address. 
11.  Trinity   Sunday,  Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good   Shepherd: 
Baptized  an  infant. 

19.  Salisbury:     Conference  with  Archdeacon  Osborne  and  others 

upon  Church  work  in  Rowan  and  neighboring  counties. 

20.  Confirmed  in  private  sick  man  and  his  sister,  of  St.  Luke's 

Church,  Salisbury. 

23.  Raleigh:  Conference  with  Standing  Committee  upon  ques- 
tion of  discipline. 

25.  The  Second  Sunday  after  Trinity,  Raleigh,  Church  of  the 
Good  Shepherd:  Took  the  morning  and  evening  services 
in  the  absence  of  the  rector. 

27.  Conference    with    Standing    Committee;     also    meeting    of 
Executive  Committee  of  St.  Augustine's  School. 
July     2.  The  Third  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Hillsboro,  St.  Matthew's 
Church:     Preached,    and    administered    the    Holy    Com- 
munion. 
3.  11  a.  m.     Raleigh:     Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St. 
Mary's  School. 
8:15  p.  m.     Greensboro,  Holy  Trinity  Church,  special  visita- 
tion:    Confirmed  thirteen  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

13.  Raleigh:      Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St.   Mary's 

School. 

14.  9    a.    m.     Conference    with    Wardens    of    Calvary    Church, 

Wadesboro. 
8:30  p.  m.  Ansonville,  All  Souls'  Church,  visitation:  Said 
Evening  Prayer  and  preached. 
16.  The  Fifth  Sunday  after  Trinity.  Union  County,  St.  Tim- 
othy's Church,  visitation:  Confirmed  one  person,  made 
an  address,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 


17.  Charlotte:     Had  a  conference  with  Archdeacons  Delany  and 

Osborne,  and  a  number  of  prominent  men  of  Charlotte 
in  the  interests  of  St.  Michael's  Industrial  School. 

18.  Salisbury,   St.   Peter's   Chapel,  visitation:     Preached. 

19.  Rowan    County,    St.    Matthew's    Church,    visitation:      Con- 

firmed eleven  persons  and  made  an  address;   four  of  the 
persons  confirmed  being  from  St.  Jude's  Chapel. 

20.  Cleveland,  Christ  Church,  visitation:    Confirmed  one  person, 

preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

21.  Mecklenburg     County,      St.     Mark's     Church,     visitation: 

Preached. 

22.  Spent  the  day  visiting  members  of  St.  Mark's  congregation. 

23.  The    Sixth    Sunday   after    Trinity.     In    the    same    church: 

Confirmed  four  persons,  made  an  address,  preached,  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

25.  Chapel  Hill:     Officiated  at  a  marriage. 
Aug.  18.  Tarboro:     Confirmed  a  sick  woman  in  private. 

The  evening  of  the  same  day  made  a  special  visitation  to 
Calvary  Church,  confirmed  eighteen  persons,  and  made 
an  address. 

20.  The  Tenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.  Made  a  visitation  to  the 
State  Penitentiary  farm,  where  Mr.  LeBlanc,  a  faithful 
catechist,  had  been  working  for  a  year  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Archdeacon  .Hughes.  Mr.  Hughes  baptized  by  im- 
mersion four  white  and  one  colored  convict.  We  had  a 
service  in  the  large  dining  room  of  the  convict  quarters, 
where  I  preached  and  confirmed  twenty  white  and  eight 
negro  convicts. 
The  evening  of  the  same  day  I  preached  in  Trinity  Church, 
Scotland  Neck,  and  after  the  service  had  a  conference 
with  the  Vestry. 

24.  St.     Bartholomew's     Day.     Pittsboro,     St.     Bartholomew's 

Church:      Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
The  same  day,  in  St.  James's  Church,  Pittsboro,  I  presided 
in  the  annual  meeting  of  our  Colored  Convocation,  made 
an  address,  and   officiated   at  the  morning  and  evening 
services. 

25.  Continued  in  attendance  upon  the  meeting  of  the  Convoca- 

tion. 
27.  The  Eleventh  Sunday  after  Trinity.  Rowan  County,  Old 
St.  Andrew's  Church:  Preached  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 
In  the  evening  visited  St.  Paul's  Church,  Chestnut  Hill, 
Salisbury:  Preached,  confirmed  twelve  persons,  and  made 
an  address. 


29.  Mayodan,   special   visitation:     Confirmed   a   sick  man   and 

his  wife  in  private.  In  the  evening  in  the  Church  of  the 
Messiah  I  confirmed  nine  persons  and  made  an  address. 

30.  Leaksville,  Church  of  the  Epiphany,  visitation:     Preached, 

confirmed  seven  people. 

31.  In  the  same  church:     Confirmed  two  persons. 

The  same  evening  visited  St.  Luke's  Chapel,  Spray: 
Preached  and  confirmed  three  persons. 
Sept.  3.  The  Twelfth  Sunday  after  Trinity.  Raleigh,  Church  of  the 
Good  Shepherd:  In  the  absence  of  the  rector,  officiated 
morning  and  evening,  preached,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 

10.  The  Thirteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.    In  the  same  church: 

Administered  the  Holy  Communion  at  the  early  service; 
officiated  also  at  11  a.  m.  and  6  p.  m.,  and  confirmed  one 
person. 

11.  Charlotte:      Presided  at  a  meeting  in   the  interest   of   St. 

Michael's  Industrial  School. 

17.  The  Fourteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.    Visitations.    11  a.  m. 
Orange  County,  St.  Mary's  Church:     Preached,  confirmed 
four  persons,  and  a  sick  man  in  private. 
The  same  evening,  in  St.  Matthew's  Church,  preached  and 
confirmed  eight  persons. 

26.  St  Matthew's  Day.  Raleigh:  Opening  of  Pall  Term  of  St. 
Mary's  School.  7:30  a.  m.  St.  Mary's  Chapel:  Admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion.  9  a.  m.  In  the  same 
place:  Officiated  at  the  opening  service  and  made  an 
address. 

28.  In  St.  Augustine's  School  Chapel:     Officiated  at  the  opening 
service  and  made  an  address. 
Oct.      1.  The  Sixteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations.    11  a.  m. 
Person  County,   Cuningham   Chapel:      Preached   and   ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
8  p.  m.     Milton,  Christ  Church:     Preached. 

2.  Reidsville,   St.   Thomas's   Church,   visitation:     Preached. 

3.  In  same  place:     Confirmed   sick  woman   in   private. 
Salisbury,  St.  Luke's  Church:     Annual  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vocation of  Charlotte. 

4  p.  m.     Attended  meeting  of  Executive  Committee. 
7:30  p.  m.     Officiated  at  opening  service. 

4.  Officiated   at  the   morning   and   evening   services,   adminis- 

tered the  Holy  Communion,  and  presided  in  the  business 
sessions. 

7.  Kernersville:     Preached  in  mission  hall  and  confirmed  two 

persons, 

8.  The  Seventeenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.    Visitations.    11a.m. 
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Winston,    St.   Paul's   Church:      Confirmed   eight   persons, 
preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8   p.  m.     Spray,   St.   Luke's  Chapel:      Preached,   confirmed 
twenty-four  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

10.  Raleigh,  Christ  Church:      Annual  meeting  of  the  Convoca- 

tion of  Raleigh;  officiated  at  Evening  Prayer. 

11.  Presided  in  the  business  sessions  during  the  day  and  offici- 

ated at  the  evening  service. 

12.  In  the  same  church:     Administered  the  Holy  Communion 

at  the  early  service;  presided  in  the  business  sessions 
during  the  day,  and  conducted  the  closing  service  in  the 
evening;  also  attended  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee. 

15.  The  Eighteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.    Visitations.    11  a.  m. 

Assisted  by   a  number  of  the  clergy,   I   consecrated  the 
Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Ridgeway;   preached  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
3  p.  m.     Warren  County,   St.  Luke's  Chapel,   for  negroes: 
Preached  and  confirmed  four  persons. 

16.  At  the  opening  of  the  new  City  Hall  and  Auditorium  in 

Raleigh,  at  the  request  of  the  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments, I  offered  a  prayer. 

19.  Had  a  conference  with  the  Vestry  of  St.  Timothy's  Church, 
Wilson. 

22.  The  Nineteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.  Visitation.  Little- 
ton, St.  Alban's  Church:  Preached,  and  administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 

29.  The  Twentieth  Sunday  after  Trinity.  Visitation.  Weldon, 
Grace  Church:  Vacant.  Said  Evening  Prayer  and 
preached. 
Nov.  1.  All  Saints1  Day.  Had  a  conference  with  members  of  the 
Vestry  and  of  the  congregation  of  Holy  Trinity  Church, 
Greensboro. 

2.  Elkin,  Galloway  Memorial  Chapel,  visitation:   Said  Evening 

Prayer  and  preached. 

3.  Mount  Airy,  Trinity  Church,  visitation:     Preached. 

5.  The  Ticenty-ftrst  Sunday  after  Trinity.  Visitation.  Bur- 
lington, St.  Athanasius's  Parish:  11  a.  m.  Consecrated 
Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter,  baptized  an  infant, 
preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion.  The 
evening  of  the  same  day  in  the  same  church:  Confirmed 
nine  persons  and  made  an  address. 

7.  Holly    Springs,    Wake    County:     In    the    Masonic    Hall    I 

preached  and  confirmed  four  persons. 

8.  Held  a  meeting  of  the  Committee  on  Apportionments  for 

General  Missions. 


9.  Salisbury,   St.   Luke's   Church:      Officiated   with  the   rector 
at  a  marriage. 

19.  The  Twenty-third  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations.     Ire- 

dell County,  St.  James's  Church:  10  a.  m.  Made  an  ad- 
dress to  the  Sunday  School  and  taught  the  Bible  class. 
11  a.  m.  Confirmed  three  persons,  preached,  and  admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.  Statesville,  Trinity  Church:  Preached,  and 
confirmed  six  persons. 

20.  Statesville,  Holy  Cross  Mission  to  negroes:     Preached,  and 

confirmed  six  persons. 

21.  Cooleemee,     Church    of    the     Good     Shepherd,     visitation: 

Preached,  and  confirmed  one  person. 

22.  Mocksville,  St.  Philip's  Church,  visitation:     Preached. 

26.  The  Sunday  next  before  Advent.  Officiated  at  a  funeral  in 
Rockingham  County. 
1912. 
Jan.  10.  Raleigh:  Conferred  with  the  Standing  Committee,  and 
asked  their  counsel  in  a  matter  of  discipline;  and  en- 
tered judgment  in  the  case  in  accordance  with  their 
unanimous   advice   and   recommendation. 

11.  Calling  to  my  assistance  the  Standing  Committee,  we  had  a 

conference  with  representatives  of  the  Vestry  and  of  the 
congregation  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  in  re- 
gard to  the  affairs  of  that  parish. 

12.  Met  the  members  of  the  Standing  Committee,  and  agreed 

upon  the  terms  of  a  communication  to  be  sent  to  the 
Vestry  and  people  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 
Greensboro,  giving  them  our  counsel  in  regard  to  the 
matters  laid  before  us  by  them. 

21.  The    Third    Sunday   after   the    Epiphany.      Weldon,    Grace 

Church,  special  visitation:  The  parish  being  vacant,  I 
officiated  morning  and  evening,  preached  twice,  con- 
firmed one  person,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

22.  Kittrell,    St.    James's    Church,    visitation:      Preached,    and 

confirmed  three  persons. 

28.  The    Fourth    Sunday    after    the    Epiphany.      Durham,    St. 

Philip's  Church,  visitation:  Assisted  by  divers  of  the 
clergy,  I  consecrated  the  new  parish  church,  confirmed 
fourteen  persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 
In  the  evening  visited  St.  Joseph's  Church,  West  Durham: 
Confirmed  and  addressed  seven  persons. 

29.  Charlotte:     Attended  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee 

of  the  Convocation  of  Charlotte. 

30.  In  the  forenoon  attended  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board 


of  Managers  of  the  Thompson  Orphanage,  hut  there  being 
no  quorum  present,  we  could  transact  nonbusiness. 

In  the  afternoon  I  held  a  meeting  of  the  "St.  Michael's 
Industrial  School  Board";  also  had  conference  with  the 
Rev.  Francis  M.  Osborne  in  regard  to  the  proposed  new 
church  and  parish  in  Charlotte,  to  be  known  as  the 
"Wilkes  Memorial." 
31.  High  Point,  St.  Mary's  Church:  Conferred  with  members 
of  the  congregation,  the  priest  in  charge,  and  Archdeacon 
Hardin,  in  regard  to  this  church;  in  the  evening  at  a 
visitation  service,  preached,  and  confirmed  one  person. 
Feb.  4.  Septuagesima  Sunday.  Raleigh,  11  a.  m.  In  Christ  Church: 
Bishop  Reese,  of  Georgia,  made  an  address  on  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  South;  I  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

7:30  p.  m.  In  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:  I  intro- 
duced Bishop  Reese,  who  made  an  address  upon  the  same 
subject  as  in  the  morning. 

6.  Tarboro,  Calvary  Church:      Said  Evening  Prayer;    Bishop 

Reese  made  an  address. 

7.  Warrenton,  Emmanuel  Church,  visitation:    Confirmed  seven 

persons;   Bishop  Reese  made  an  address. 

8.  In  the  temporary  Chapel  of  All  Saints'  Mission,  Warrenton, 

I  made  a  visitation,  confirmed  six  persons  (colored),  and 
made  an  address. 
The  evening  of  the  same  day,  in  the  Church  of  the  Holy 
Innocents,  Henderson,  I  officiated  with  Bishop  Reese,  who 
made  an  address. 

9.  Oxford,     St.     Cyprian's     Chapel     for     negroes,     visitation: 

Preached,  and  confirmed  one  person. 
11.  Sexagesima  Sunday.     Oxford,  St.  Stephen's  Church,  visita- 
tion:    Officiated  morning  and  evening,  administered  the 
Holy    Communion,    preached    twice,    and    confirmed    five 
persons. 

14.  Durham,  St.  Philip's  Church:     Officiated  with  Bishop  Reese, 

who  made  an  address. 

15.  Burlington,  Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter,  visitation:    Con- 

firmed nine  persons;  Bishop  Reese  made  an  address. 

16.  In  the  country  near  Burlington:     Confirmed  a  sick  person 

in  private. 

8  p.  m.     Winston,  St.  Paul's  Church,  visitation:    Confirmed 
eleven  persons;   Bishop  Reese  made  an  address. 
18.  Quinquagesima   Sunday.     Visitations.     11   a.  m.     Concord, 
All  Saints'  Church:     Confirmed  three  persons,  preached, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

7:30  p.  m.  Salisbury,  St.  Luke's  Church:  Confirmed  six- 
teen persons;   Bishop  Reese  made  an  address. 


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19.  High  Point,  St.  Mary's  Church:     Conference  with  the  con- 

gregation and  Archdeacon  Hardin. 

20.  Greensboro,  Church  of  the  Redeemer,  colored  mission,  vis- 

itation:    Preached,  and  confirmed  four  persons. 

21.  Ash  Wednesday.     Greensboro,  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 

visitation:  Confirmed  and  addressed  eight  persons;  I 
gave  in  a  second  address  my  godly  counsel  and  admoni- 
tion to  the  congregation  touching  a  matter  of  very  great 
moment;   and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

24.  St.  Matthias's  Day.    Wilson,  St.  Mark's  Church,  for  Negroes, 

visitation:  In  this  service,  besides  the  priest  in  charge, 
Archdeacon  Delany  assisted  me,  and  the  Rev.  I.  J.  Webber- 
Thompson  preached. 

25.  The  First  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitations.     Wilson,  St.  Tim- 

othy's   Church:      Confirmed    fourteen    persons,    made    an 
address,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     Smithfield,  St.  Paul's  Church:     Preached. 
Mar.    3.  The  Second  Sunday  in  Lent.    Visitation.     8  p.  m.     Hender- 
son, Church  of  the  Holy  Innocents:     Preached,  and  con- 
firmed thirteen  persons. 
10.  The  Third  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitation.     Tarboro,  Calvary 
Church:     Officiated  morning  and  evening,  preached  twice, 
administered  the  Holy  Communion,  and  confirmed  eight 
persons. 

12.  Enfield,  Church  of  the  Advent,  visitation:     Preached. 

13.  In  the  same  church,  at  10  a.  m.:      Administered  the  Holy 

Communion. 
4:30    p.    m.     Battleboro,     St.     John's     Church,     visitation: 
Preached,  confirmed  one  person. 

14.  4:30    p.    m.     Rocky    Mount,    Colored    Mission,    visitation: 

Preached,  confirmed  two  persons. 
6  p.  m.     In  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Build- 
ing:     Made  an  address   in  connection   with   the   "Men's 
Forward  Movement." 
8  p.  m.     Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  visitation:  Preached, 
confirmed  thirteen  persons. 

15.  Tarboro,  4  p.  m.     In  Calvary  Chapel,  the  rector  being  ab- 

sent, I  baptized  an  adult  and  confirmed  two  persons. 
8     p.     m.     St.     Luke's     Church,     for     Negroes,     visitation: 
Preached,   confirmed  and  addressed  eight  persons. 

16.  In  Calvary  Church,  Tarboro:     Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

17.  The  Fourth  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitations.     11  a.  m.     Hali- 

fax, St.  Mark's  Church:     Preached,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 
8  p.  m.     Scotland   Neck,   Trinity   Church:      Preached,   and 
confirmed  five  persons. 


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24.  The  Fifth  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitations.     11  a.  m.     Louis- 
burg,  St.  Paul's  Church':  Confirmed  two  persons,  preached, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8  p.  m.     St.  Matthias's  Church,  for  Negroes:     Preached,  and 
confirmed  five  persons. 

26.  11  a.  m.     Gulf,  St.  Mark's  Church,  visitation:     Preached. 

8  p.  m.     Pittsboro,  St.  James's  Church,  for  Negroes,  visita- 
tion:    Preached,  and  confirmed  two  persons. 

27.  Pittsboro,  St.  Bartholomew's  Church,  visitation:    Confirmed 

one  person,  preached,   and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 
31.  Palm    Sunday.      Raleigh,    visitations.      11    a.    m.      Christ 
Church:      Confirmed   sixteen   persons,  made  an   address, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

5  p.  m.     St.  Mary's  Chapel:     Preached,  and  confirmed  eight 
pupils  of  the  School. 

8   p.   m.     Church   of  the   Good    Shepherd:      Preached,   and 
confirmed  twelve  persons. 
Apr.     2.     Hillsboro,     St.     Matthew's     Church,     special     visitation: 
Preached,  and  confirmed  four  persons. 

3.  Raleigh,     St.    Augustine's     School,    visitation:     Confirmed 

eight  colored  pupils  of  the  School. 

4.  Attended    meeting    of    the    Executive    Committee    of    St. 

Mary's  School. 

5.  Good  Friday.     Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School:     Preached. 

7.  Easter  Day.     Raleigh,  visitations.     11  a.  m.     St.  Abrose's 

Church,  for  Negroes:    Confirmed  three  persons,  preached, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8   p.   m.     St.    Saviour's  Chapel:      Preached,   and   confirmed 
twelve  persons. 

8.  Monday   in   Easter    Week.     In    the    Chapel    of    St.    Mary's 

School:     Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

9.  Tuesday   in  Easter   Week.     In    the    Chapel   of   St.   Mary's 

School:      Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
14.  The  First  Sunday  after  Easter.     Visitation.     Chapel  Hill, 
Chapel   of  the   Cross:      Officiated  morning  and   evening, 
preached  twice,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

18.  Chapel  of   St.   Mary's   School,   Raleigh:      Administered  the 

Holy  Communion,  and  attended  a  conference  of  clergy- 
men of  the  Convocation  of  Raleigh. 

19.  Lexington,  Grace  Church,  visitation:     Preached,  confirmed 

one  person. 

20.  Charlotte:     Examined  a  candidate  for  Orders. 

21.  The   Second   Sunday   after  Easter.     Charlotte,   visitations. 

11  a.  m.     St.   Peter's  Church:      Ordained   a  Deacon,   ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 


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3:30  p.  m.  Church  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels,  Colored 
mission:  Preached,  confirmed  thirteen  colored  persons, 
of  whom  six.  were  deaf  mutes. 

8  p.  m.     St.  Peter's  Church:     Confirmed  forty-one  persons. 

22.  Attended  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  St.  Mich- 

ael's Industrial  School. 

23.  10  a.  m.     Attended  a  meeting  of  a  Committee  of  the  Mis- 

sionary Council  of  the  Fourth  Department. 
3:30  p.  m.     Assisted  by  the  Bishop  of  Asheville  and  other 

clergymen,  I  laid  the  corner  stone  of  the  first  of  the  new 

buildings  of  the  Thompson  Orphanage. 
8:15    p.    m.     Church    of    the    Holy    Comforter,    visitation: 

Bishop  Horner  preached;    I  confirmed  eleven  persons,  of 

whom  four  were  of  St.  Peter's  Church. 

24.  10  a.  m.     Annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 

Thompson  Orphanage. 
11  a.  m.     Chapel  of  the  Thompson  Orphanage,  visitation: 

Preached;   confirmed  ten  pupils  of  the  institution. 
4:30   p.   m.     Assisted   by   divers   of  the  clergy,    I    laid   the 

corner  stone  of  the  new  St.  Martin  Church,  the  "Wilkes 

Memorial,"  in  Charlotte. 

25.  St.    Mark's    Day.     Monroe,    St.    Paul's    Church,    visitation: 

Preached;   confirmed  eleven  persons. 

26.  Wadesboro,     Calvary     Church,    visitation:     Had    a    confer- 

ence   with    the    Vestry;    preached,    and    confirmed    eight 

persons. 
28.  The    Third    Sunday   after   Easter.      Visitations.      11    a.    m. 

Rockingham,    Church    of    the    Messiah:      Confirmed    one 

person,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8  p.  m.     Hamlet,  in  the  Presbyterian  church:      I  preached 

in  connection  with  my  visitation  to  our  mission  in  that 

place. 
30.  Officiated  in  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  at  a  funeral. 

The  total  number  of  services  in  the  Diocese  for  the  year  is  one 
hundred  and  fifty-eight.  I  have  administered  the  Holy  Communion 
forty-three  times;  preached  eighty  sermons,  delivered  twenty-seven 
addresses,  confirmed  five  hundred  and  fifty-four  persons,  consecrated 
five  churches,  ordained  one  deacon,  baptized  one  adult  and  two  in- 
fants, and  officiated  at  three  marriages  and  three  funerals. 

My  labors  were  somewhat  curtailed  by  the  necessity  of  seeking 
treatment  in  a  hospital  upon  two  occasions,  which  took  me  away 
from  the  Diocese  for  about  a  month  in  all,  and  disabled  me  from 
active  service  for  some  weeks  after  my  return  home;  though  I  am 
thankful  to  say  that  my  general  health  has  been  excellent  during 
the  whole  year. 


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My  services  beyond  the  limits  of  the  Diocese  have  been  as  follows: 

May  1,  2  and  3.  Delivered  three  lectures  before  the  faculty  and 
students  of  the  General  Theological  Seminary  in  New  York. 

May  4.  Delivered  a  lecture  before  the  faculty  and  students  of  the 
Berkeley  Divinity  School  at  Middletown,  Connecticut.  Tbe  same  day 
delivered  one  of  the  same  course  of  lectures  before  the  Theological 
School  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 

May  5  and  6.     Lectured  each  day  before  the  same. 

June  4,  Whitsun  Day,  I  spent  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina.  At 
11  a.  m.,  in  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Communion,  I  delivered  the 
annual  Commencement  Sermon  before  the  Porter  Military  Academy. 
In  the  evening,  in  Grace  Church,  I  delivered  a  lecture  on  the 
Church  in  the  Confederate  States. 

June  12th  to  18th  I  was  absent  from  the  Diocese,  attending  the 
annual  Commencement  and  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  the  University 
of  the  South  at  Sewanee. 

July  9.  The  Fourth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  at  Nag's  Head,  in  the 
Diocese  of  East  Carolina,  I  officiated  twice,  preached,  and  adminis- 
tered the  Holy  Communion  in  private  houses,  there  being  no  church 
building. 

July  30.  The  Seventh  Sunday  after  Trinity.  In  the  Chapel  of  the 
Cross,  Valle  Crucis,  District  of  Asheville,  I  administered  the  Holy 
Communion  at  the  early  service,  and  preached  at  the  midday  service. 

August  13.  The  Ninth  Sunday  after  Trinity.  I  preached  in  All 
Faith  Church,  St.  Mary's  County,  Maryland,  Diocese  of  Washington. 

October  24th  and  27th.  Delivered  three  lectures  on  the  Church  in 
the  Confederate  States  before  the  Philadelphia  Divinity  School. 

October  26th  and  27th.  Attended  a  meeting  of  the  House  of 
Bishops  in  New  York. 

October  28.  88.  Simon  and  Jude's  Day.  In  the  Church  of  the 
Advocate,  Philadelphia,  took  part  in  the  services  at  the  consecration 
of  the  Bishop  and  the  Suffragan  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania,  and  joined 
in  the  Imposition  of  Hands  upon  Bishop  Rhinelander. 

November  2,  4  p.  m.  In  the  Chapel  at  Ronda,  District  of  Ashe- 
ville, I  held  a  short  service  and  delivered  a  lecture. 

November  10,  11  and  13.  Delivered  four  lectures  on  the  Church 
in  the  Confederate  States  before  the  University  of  the  South  at 
Sewanee. 

November  12.  The  Ticenty-second  Sunday  after  Trinity.  Preached 
in  the  University  Chapel. 

November  14,  15  and  16.  Attended  the  Missionary  Council  of  the 
Fourth  Department   in   St.  John's   Church,  Knoxville,  Tennessee. 

1912. 

January  17.  In  Marietta,  Ga.,  Diocese  of  Atlanta.  In  St.  James's 
Church:  Officiated  with  the  rector  of  the  church  at  the  marriage  of 
a  friend. 


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On  the  whole  I  trust  that  the  work  of  the  Diocese  is  being 
faithfully  and  diligently  prosecuted  by  our  clergy  and  peo- 
ple. During  the  past  year  we  have  lost  the  following  names 
from  our  Clergy  List. 

Rev.  James  B.  Avirett,  died  February  16,  1912. 

Rev.  James  H.  Williams,  died  March  6,  1912. 

By  letters  dimissory : 

Rev.  John  L.  Saunders,  May  7,  1911,  to  Arkansas. 
Rev.  Richard  W.  Hogue,  June  17,  1911,  to  Maryland. 
Rev.  Alfred  R.  Berkeley,  October  4,  1911,  to  Pennsylvania. 
Rev.  Evan  A.  Edwards,  October  28,  1911,  to  Kansas. 
Rev.  Robt.  E.  Campbell,  December  7,  1911,  to  Florida. 

We  have  gained  by  Ordination 
Rev.  Henry  Alpheus  Willey,  ordained  Deacon,  April  21,  1912. 

We  have  gained  by  transfer 

Rev.  Henry  Oswald  Nash,  July,  1911,  from  Harrisburg. 
Rev.  Robt.  E.  Campbell,  August  2,  1911,  from  S.  Florida. 
Rev.  Alexander  C.  D.  Noe,  September  1,  1911,  from  Southern  Vir- 
ginia. 

Rev.  John  J.  Lanier,  September  14,  1911,  from  Alabama. 

Rev.  Homer  W.  Starr,  September  25,  1911,  from  Chicago. 

Rev.  Richard  W.  Anderson,  October  16,  1911,  from  West  Texas. 

Rev.  Jeptha  H.  Swann,  September  23,  1911,  from  Texas. 

Rev.  E.  Lucien  Malone,  December  1,  .1911,  from  East  Carolina. 

Rev.  Winborn  L.  Mellichampe,  December  21,  1911,  from  Georgia. 

Rev.  William  H.  Hardin,  January  1,  1912,  from  Asheville. 

The  total  loss  is  seven ;  the  total  gain  is  eleven ;  a  net  gain 
of  four.  The  present  number,  including  the  Bishop,  is  fifty- 
eight. 

The  Candidates  for  Orders  are : 

George  C.  Pollard,  Arthur  Myron  Cochran,  Lewis  Nathaniel  Tay- 
lor, Josephus  McDonald,  Israel  Harding  Hughes,  Walter  Lee  Loflin, 
Joseph  H.  Hudson,  Sanford  Louis  Rotter,  Henry  Clark  Smith. 

The  Postulants  are : 

Foster  Nugent  Cox,  Wm.  Hoke  Ramsaur,  John  Gregory  Mabry, 
Robert  J.  Sellers,  Joseph  A.  Edgar  LeBlanc,  James  Reginald  Mallett. 

On  the  tenth  day  of  January,  in  accordance  with  the  sen- 
tence of  an  Ecclesiastical  Court,  I  suspended  for  six  months 
from  all  exercise  of  his  ministerial  function,  the  Rev.  Clement 


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G.  Bradley,  rector  of  Calvary  Church,  Wadesboro,  thereby 
dissolving  his  connection  with  the  parish,  ipso  "facto. 

The  fields  of  labor  of  the  Clergy  of  the  Diocese  continue  as 
at  our  last  Convention,  with  the  following  exceptions : 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Paxson  Watters,  after  nearly  fifteen 
years  faithful  service  as  rector  of  St.  Matthew's  Church, 
Hillsboro\  felt  compelled  to  retire  from  active  service  in 
October,  1911.  He  retains  his  canonical  connection  with  the 
Diocese,  but  has  been  spending  some  months  with  a  kinsman 
in  Spartanburg,  S.  C.  With  his  excellent  wife  he  commanded 
the  entire  respect  and  affection  of  his  people,  and  in  the  ten- 
der experiences  of  their  leaving  the  parish  which  they  loved, 
they  had  the  happiness  of  seeing  at  the  very  last  precious 
fruits  of  their  life  and  labors.  St.  Matthew's,  Hillsboro', 
continues  without  a  rector,  but  the  Rev.  Chas.  J.  Ketchum,  of 
the  Diocese  of  Massachusetts,  has  been  serving  temporarily 
with  much  acceptance. 

The  Missions  at  Mayodan,  Madison,  Stoneville,  and 
Knowlhurst,  left  vacant  by  the  removal  of  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Berkeley,  are  still  unsupplied  with  a  permanent  Priest  in 
charge.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Willey,  ordained  Deacon  April  21st,  is 
temporarily  serving  at  Mayodan  and  Madison. 

The  Rev.  Cyprian  P.  Wilcox,  who  assisted  Mr.  Berkeley 
in  that  work,  is  studying  in  the  Seminary  at  Alexandria,  pre- 
paratory to  applying  for  Ordination  to  the  Priesthood. 

The  Rev.  Alexander  C.  D.  ]SToe  has  taken  charge  of  the 
work  at  Mount  Airy,  Germanton,  and  Walnut  Cove. 

The  most  important  work  at  Chapel  Hill,  after  the  de- 
parture of  the  Rev.  Richd.  W.  Hogue,  was  taken  up  by  the 
Rev.  Horner  W.  Starr,  who  relinquished  a  very  desirable 
parish  in  the  Diocese  of  Chicago  to  come  to  us.  I  can  not  too 
cordially  commend  Mr.  Starr  to  the  support  and  sympathy  of 
our  people. 

St.  Timothy's  Church,  Wilson,  vacant  since  the  departure 
of  Mr.  Edwards,  enjoyed  for  some  months  the  ministrations 
of  the  Rev.  I.  J.  Webber-Thompson,  who  agreed  to  remain 
with  them  until  after  Easter.  The  vestry  have  recently 
called  to  the  rectorship  the  Rev.  Martin  X.  Ray. 

The  Rev.  Robt.  E.  Campbell,  D.D.,  received  during  the 
year  from  Southern  Florida  and  transferred  to  the  Diocese  of 
Florida,  had  charge  for  a  few  months  of  Rockingham,  Ham- 
let, and  Laurmburg. 


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The  Rev.  Henry  ().  Nash,  who  had  been  serving  Pitts- 
bore-',  Sanford,  and  Gulf  for  some  months  was  in  July,  1911, 
transferred  to  this  Diocese,  but  since  the  beginning'  of  1912, 
he  has  resigned  that  work,  and  is  at  present  in  the  Missionary 
District  of  Spokane. 

The  Rev.  Richd.  W.  Anderson,  received  from  the  Diocese 
of  West  Texas,  has  become  rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Scot- 
land Neck ;  serving  also  St.  Mark's,  Halifax,  succeeding  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Bradley,  who  left  that  field  the  first  of  June  last. 

The  Rev.  John  J.  Lanier,  received  from  Alabama,  has  be- 
come rector  of  Emmanuel  Church,  Warren  ton ;  serving  also 
Willi amsboro',  and  Middleburg. 

The  Rev.  Jeptha  H.  Swann,  received  from  Texas,  has  suc- 
ceeded the  Rev.  R.  Percy  Eubanks  as  assistant  in  the  parish 
of  Christ  Church,  Raleigh. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Eubanks  has  charge  of  Trinity  Church, 
Statesville,  and  Grace  Church,  Lexington. 

The  Rev.  E.  Lucien  Malone,  received  from  East  Carolina, 
has  become  rector  of  St.  Paul's,  Louisburg,  and  of  St. 
James's,  Kittrell.  v 

The  Rev.  Winborn  L.  Mellichampe,  returning  from  the 
Diocese  of  Georgia,  has  been  put  in  charge  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Monroe,  and  St.  Timothy's,  Union  County. 

The  Rev.  William  II.  Hardin,  received  from  Asheville, 
assumed  with  the  beginning  of  the  year  1912,  the  important 
duties  of  Archdeacon  of  Charlotte.  Mr.  Hardin  resides  in 
Salisbury,  occupying  the  spacious  dwelling  known  as  the 
"Harrison  House,"  in  the  western  section  of  Salisbury,  ad- 
joining '"St.  Paul's  Church,  Chestnut  Hill."  This  property 
belongs  to  the  Diocese  and  by  the  action  of  the  last  Conven- 
tion was  put  at  the  disposal  of  the  Bishop  for  missionary 
work.  Besides  his  general  supervision  of  the  missionary 
work  throughout  the  Convocation,  Mr.  Hardin  has  special 
charge  of  St.  Paul's  and  St.  Peter's,  Salisbury,  and  the  very 
important  work  in  Rowan  County,  including  St.  Mary's,  St. 
Jude's,  St.  Matthew's,  and  St.  Mark's  chapels.  The  work  at 
High  Point  also,  having  been  given  up  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Tol- 
son,  has  been  assigned  to  Archdeacon  Hardin.  It  is  my  desire 
and  purpose  to  give  Archdeacon  Hardin  such  assistance  in 
this  work  as  may  enable  him  to  make  this  property  the  centre 
of  missionary  activities  extending  throughout  Rowan  and 
into  the  neighboring  counties.     It  is  my  hope  that  we  may 


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thus  in  a  measure  consolidate  and  extend  the  missionary 
endeavors  of  the  late  rector  of  St.  Luke's,  Salisbury,  and 
perhaps  establish  here  an  appropriate  memorial  of  the  mis- 
sionary zeal  and  efforts  of  that  faithful  Pastor  and  learned 
Doctor  in  the  Church,  Francis  Johnston  Murdoch. 

And  in  speaking  of  the  new  Archdeacon  of  Charlotte,  I 
must  refer  at  least  briefly  to  him  who  so  long,  so  zealously, 
and  so  unsparingly  gave  himself  to  that  work,  and  thus  made 
it  possible  for  his  successor  to  enter  so  hopefully  into  the  field. 
I  refer,  of  course,  to  the  Rev.  Edwin  A.  Osborne,  late  Arch- 
deacon of  Charlotte.  It  was  almost  with  friendly  violence 
that  I  had  to  insist  upon  his  cessation  from  his  arduous 
labors  last  summer ;  and  later  in  the  year  I  accepted  his  resig- 
nation as  Archdeacon,  hoping  that  he  might  be  induced  to 
spare  himself,  and  to  continue  his  usefulness,  by  lessening 
the  weight  of  his  burden.  I  feel  that  truth  and  justice  de- 
mand that  I  recognize  and  make  this  public  acknowledgment 
of  what  he  has  been  to  the  Diocese  by  his  unceasing  labors, 
and  to  his  Bishop  by  his  unfailing  loyalty,  sympathy,  and 
support.  For  several  years  now  his  brethren  of  the  Convoca- 
tion have  been  resisting  his  efforts  to  resign  his  important 
post,  and  were  won  at  last  to  consent  by  the  consciousness 
that  its  burdens  had  become  too  great  for  his  strength. 
Though  nominally  retired  from  active  service  he  is  still  busily 
occupied  in  work  for  all  about  him  in  and  near  Charlotte ; 
and  especially  the  Thompson  Orphanage  is  greatly  advan- 
taged by  his  intelligent  zeal  and  unceasing  exertions  in  its 
behalf. 

The  Rev.  Albert  New,  an  English  Clergyman,  recom- 
mended to  me  by  the  Lord  Bishop  of  St.  Albans,  is  minister- 
ing very  effectively  in  Grace  Church,  Welclon,  and  has  also 
under  his  charge  the  Church  of  the  Advent,  Enfield.  He  has 
not  as  yet  been  transferred  to  me,  but  is  officiating  in  those 
churches  under  my  license. 

As  noted  in  the  preceding  enumeration  of  services,  I  have 
during  the  year  consecrated  five  churches,  namely,  at  Rocky 
Mount,  Smithfield,  Ridgeway,  Burlington,  and  Durham. 
The  Church  at  Ridgeway  was  built  long  before  the  beginning 
of  my  Episcopate,  and  I  had  supposed  until  the  past  year 
that  it  had  long  ago  been  consecrated.  I  am  not  acquainted 
with  the  cause  of  the  delay ;  but  at  the  desire  of  the  congrega- 
tion I  very  gladly  performed  this  service,  and  they  joined 


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with  much  interest  and  devotion  in  the  solemn  setting  apart 
of  the  building  to  its  sacred  uses. 

The  Church  at  Pocky  Mount  is  the  most  admirable  exam- 
ple of  the  enlargement  and  remodeling  of  an  existing  build- 
ing which  has  ever  come  under  my  observation,  and  the  build- 
ing was  so  entirely  renewed  and  so  enlarged  that  a  service  of 
consecration  was  thought  most  suitable,  if  not  absolutely 
necessary. 

The  Church  at  Smithfield  is  the  improvement  and  adapta- 
tion of  a  structure  not  heretofore  consecrated,  and  affords  a 
very  comfortable  and  appropriate  building  for  its  sacred  use. 

The  churches  at  Durham  and  at  Burlington  are  beautiful 
stone  buildings,  and  add  greatly  to  the  effectiveness  of  the 
work  of  the  Church  in  these  two  important  and  growing  com- 
munities. That  in  which  we  are  now  assembled  is  the  fruit 
of  the  faithful  labors  and  generous  gifts  of  the  parish  of  St. 
Philip's,  Durham,  and  a  credit  to  the  zeal  and  liberality  of 
rector  and  people. 

The  beautiful  stone  church  at  Burlington,  consecrated  by 
the  name  of  the  "Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter,"  and  pre- 
sented to  the  parish  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  S.  Holt,  is 
the  first  instance  we  have  had  in  this  Diocese  of  a  large  and 
handsome  church,  erected  by  the  liberality  of  a  single  indi- 
vidual, as  an  expression  of  his  sense  of  duty  to  God  and  to  the 
Church,  and  a  contribution  to  the  permanent  life  and  influ- 
ence of  the  Church  in  the  community.  As  such  I  desire  to 
emphasize  it,  as  an  example  of  the  wise  and  generous  use  of 
the  wealth  which  through  many  channels  has  of  late  years 
been  flowing  into  our  State  and  Diocese.  Of  a  similar  charac- 
ter has  been  the  generous  act  of  a  member  of  this  parish  of  St. 
Philip's,  Durham,  in  the  erection  of  the  beautiful  stone 
chapel  of  St.  Joseph's,  to  the  glory  of  God  and  in  loving 
memory  of  an  honored  father.  These  are  examples  which 
should  excite  our  grateful  admiration,  and  stir  up  the  hearts 
of  others  to  like  uses  of  the  opportunities  afforded  by  the  pos- 
session of  wealth.  Great  fortunes  and  ample  means,  merely 
hoarded,  and  passed  down  to  children,  often  become  the 
means  of  enervating,  debasing,  and  destroying  those  dear 
ones  for  whose  supposed  good  they  were  accumulated.  Xo 
rich  man  should  be  content  to  confine  his  beneficence  to  his 
own  family.  He  should  endeavor  to  leave  behind  him  some 
permanent  memorial  of  his  sense  of  his  obligation  to  God 


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and  to  his  fellow  men.  Churchmen  of  North  Carolina  can 
find  many  useful  and  noble  opportunities  of  employing  their 
zeal  and  liberality  in  establishing  and  providing  for  the  main- 
tenance of  permanent  institutions  in  connection  with  our 
parochial  and  diocesan  work.  We  have  not  been  without 
earlier  examples  of  this  same  generous  spirit  on  a  smaller 
scale.  The  late  Judge  Wm.  P.  Bynum,  my  old  parishioner, 
at  my  suggestion,  built,  and  presented  to  the  Church  St. 
Mary's  Chapel,  near  the  State  Normal  College,  Greensboro, 
as  with  like  generosity  he  had  before  given  to  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Osborne  the  money  for  the  erection  of  the  Chapel  of  the 
Thompson  Orphanage  ;  and  he  also  made  liberal  bequests  both 
to  his  parish  and  the  Diocese  in  his  will.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  liberal  gifts  of  these  generous  souls  may  encourage 
and  direct  others  in  the  use  of  the  means  which  God's  good 
providence  has  enabled  them  to  acquire. 

The  mention  of  the  Thompson  Orphanage  reminds  me  of 
my  recent  act  in  laying  the  corner-stone  of  the  first  of  the  new 
buildings  in  a  general  scheme  of  buildings  to  replace  the  old 
and  less  suitable  structures  heretofore  occupied.  This  corner- 
stone was  laid  April  23d,  1912,  at  the  request  of  the  Federa- 
tion of  Guilds,  which  has  undertaken  the  erection  of  the 
building.  The  next  day  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board 
of  Managers  order  was  taken  for  the  erection  of  another 
of  the  proposed  buildings.  The  proceeds  of  the  legacy  of  the 
late  Mr.  Steadman,  of  Fayetteville,  were  appropriated  for 
this  purpose,  and  the  building  will  be  specially  devoted  to 
perpetuating  his  memory.  It  is  hoped  that  others  may  be  led 
to  emulate  the  noble  act  of  this  good  man,  and  that  the  whole 
scheme  of  improvements  may  at  no  distant  day  be  completed. 

There  is  another  matter  of  importance,  connected  with  the 
institutional  life  of  the  church  in  Charlotte,  which  I  must 
bring  to  your  attention,  and  in  regard  to  which  I  should  like 
to  ask  the  approval  of  the  Convention  upon  action  which  I 
have  ventured  to  take. 

The  late  Rev.  Primus  P.  Alston  developed,  in  connection 
with  his  parish  school,  an  excellent  industrial  school  for  col- 
ored boys  and  girls,  which  has  for  a  number  of  years  been 
doing  most  admirable  work,  and  giving  the  only  practical 
and  industrial  training  for  colored  youth  to  be  had  in  that 
community.  For  the  accommodation  of  this  school  lie 
erected  a  large  and  excellent  two-story  brick  building,  cost- 


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ing  some  six  or  eight  thousand  dollars,  entirely  free  from 
debt  or  encumbrance  of  any  kind,  and  paid  for  by  funds 
raised  wholly  by  Mr.  Alston's  personal  exertions  and  solici- 
tations. There  are  six  or  seven  teachers  working  in  this 
school,  the  larger  part  of  whose  support  was,  during  his  life- 
time, also  raised  by  him.  His  sudden  and  unexpected  death 
in  October,  1910,  left  indeed  this  noble  monument  to  com- 
memorate his  faithful  labors,  but  it  brought  me  face  to  face 
with  the  very  difficult  problem  of  providing  for  the  continu- 
ance of  the  work.  I  could  not  think  of  abandoning  it,  and 
yet  I  hardly  knew  how  to  provide  for  its  maintenance.  I 
will  not  trouble  the  Convention  with  the  details  of  the  ar- 
rangements by  which  up  to  the  present  time  the  school  has 
been  kept  open,  and  its  admirable  work  sustained  without 
material  diminution.  But  one  very  radical  measure  I  must 
lay  before  you,  and  ask  your  action  upon  it,  that  I  may 
either  proceed  upon  the  course  laid  down,  or  else  recall  my 
action,  and  try  some  other  expedient. 

Knowing  the  high  personal  esteem  in  which  the  founder 
and  late  principal  of  the  school  had  been  held  by  the  people 
of  Charlotte  in  general,  and  the  confidence  which  they  felt, 
in  the  excellence  of  his  work,  I  determined  to  make  an  effort 
to  place  the  school,  in  a  manner,  under  the  patronage  of  the 
people  of  Charlotte  generally,  and  while  retaining  my  con- 
nection with  it  as  the  official  head  of  administration  for  its 
general  interests  and  government,'  to  call  to  my  assistance 
able  and  influential  citizens  of  Charlotte,  interested  in  its 
welfare,  and  willing  to  cooperate  in  its  support,  without  re- 
gard to  their  religious  associations.  I  could  not  wait  for 
action  by  this  Convention,  for  the  crisis  demanded  immedi- 
ate decision.  I  therefore  assumed  the  responsibility  of  call- 
ing together  a  number  of  the  best  and  most  representative 
of  the  progressive  business  men  of  Charlotte,  some  our  own 
Churchmen,  others  not.  I  laid  before  them  the  situation,  stat- 
ing that  the  school  was  the  property  of  the  Diocese  of  Xorth 
Carolina,  the  title  held  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Diocese,  but 
that  the  work  it  had  been  doing  for  twenty  years  or  more 
was,  as  they  well  knew,  for  the  benefit  of  the  entire  com- 
munity, and  that  in  no  way  had  there  been  any  religious 
test,  discrimination,  or  requirement,  though  religious  teach- 
ing was  part  of  the  regular  work  of  the  school.  They  knew 
the  work  it  had  been  doing,  and  I  asked  them  if  they  would 


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be  willing  to  act  with  me  as  a  Board  of  Managers  for  the 
general  direction  and  maintenance  of  the  school  in  the  in- 
terests of  both  the  white  and  the  colored  people  of  the  com- 
munity. They  responded  most  sympathetically  to  my  ap- 
peal, and  declared  that,  knowing  the  work  which  the  school 
had  done,  they  recognized  it  as  a  valuable  and  much  needed 
institution,  and  would  gladly  cooperate  with  me  in  an  en- 
deavor to  perpetuate  and  to  extend  its  usefulness.  There- 
upon I  proceeded  to  organize  the  "Board  of  Managers  of 
St.  Michael's  Industrial  School1' ;  and  we  have  been  pro- 
viding as  best  we  could  for  it,  and  have  so  far  kept  it  up.  I 
will  have  a  statement  laid  before  the  Convention,  with  the 
names  of  members  of  the  Board  above  mentioned ;  and  I  ask 
the  Convention  to  consider  whether  it  can  not  endorse  my 
action,  and  assent  to  the  carrying  on  of  the  school  under 
the  arrangement  I  have  made,  until  such  time  as  it  may  see 
proper  to  take  other  action  in  regard  to  the  use  of  this  prop- 
erty, which  is  vested  in  the  Trustees  of  the  Diocese,  and  of 
which  the  ultimate  power  of  control  is  in  this  Convention, 
subject  to  the  trusts  upon  which  it  is  held. 

There  are  many  other  subjects  of  practical  interest  and 
importance  upon  which  I  would  like  to  speak  to  you,  and 
some  in  regard  to  which  perhaps  it  is  specially  my  duty  to 
do  so.  But  I  must  not  too  far  impose  upon  your  patience. 
I  will  therefore  omit  all  but  one  other  subject,  and  upon  that 
I  enter  with  strong  reluctance,  because  I  feel  so  deeply  upon 
it  that  I  am  unable  to  make  such  a  presentation  of  it  as  it 
deserves  and  as  I  desire.     That  subject  is 

St.  Mary's  School,  Baleigii. 

•  This  is  by  far  'the  most  important  institution  of  the  Church 
in  our  Diocese  and  in  our  State.  Next  after  the  University  of 
the  South  at  Sewanee  it  is  the  most  important  church  insti- 
tution in  the  South.  It  may  not  be  generally  known  by  our 
own  people  even,  but  it  is  one  of  the  most  important  church 
institutions  in  our  whole  country.  It  is  our  largest  church 
boarding  school  for  girls  in  the  United  States,  and  on  the 
whole  I  believe  it  is  the  best.  It  is  important  for  what  it 
has  been,  and  for  wThat  it  has  done,  for  the  characters  it  has 
formed,  for  the  noble  and  ennobling  lives  which  have  gone 
out  from  it  to  bless  the  Church  and  the  community.     It  is 


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important  for  what  it  is,  and  for  what  it  is  doing,  in  con- 
tinning  that  supply  of  cultivated,  refined,  devoted,  godly 
young  women,  who  every  year  go  out  from  it,  to  enrich  our 
home  life,  and  sometimes  to  pass  on  the  light  to  other  lands. 
It  is  important  in  the  mere  material  value  of  the  property 
and  appliances  there  accumulated  for  carrying  on  that  high- 
est and  noblest  of  all  work — the  nurture  and  training  of 
God's  children  in  truth  and  holiness. 

And  St.  Mary's  School  is  prepared  for  extending  and  in- 
creasing its  work  as  never  before  it  has  been.  Moreover,  it 
is  now  doing  its  work  in  every  way  admirably  and  success- 
fully ;  and  it  is  doing  what  very,  very  few  institutions  of 
higher  learning  ever  do,  it  is  supporting  itself.  The  annual 
income  is  adequate  to  the  annual  expenditure  of  the  school. 
But  we  have  loaded  it  down  with  a  debt.  We  are  requiring 
it  to  pay  nearly  three  thousand  dollars  a  year  interest  on  a 
debt  incurred  to  put  it  in  proper  condition  to  do  its  work ; 
and  we  also  require  it  to  pay  several  thousand  dollars  more 
in  free  board  and  tuition,  as  the  interest  on  money  given  to 
found  scholarships,  which  money  has  been  invested  in  the 
property  and  equipment  of  the  school.  These  expenses  are 
no  proper  part  of  the  expenses  of  a  school.  If  we  should 
today  give  St.  Mary's  School  its  equipment  just  as  it  stands, 
and  provide  it  also  with  an  endowment  yielding  the  annual 
cost  of  its  free  scholarships,  it  would  show  a  profit  of 
three,  four,  or  five  thousand  dollars  on  its  year's  work.  This 
is  simply  the  financial  situation  of  our  noble  school.  It  is 
doing  its  work  admirably,  successfully,  profitably ;  but  we 
have  weighed  it  down  with  a  burden  which  it  should  not  have 
to  bear. 

There  is  first  then  this  debt  of  forty-five  thousand  dollars, 
forty  thousand  dollars  of  bonded  debt  and  five  thousand  of 
floating  debt  incurred  for  permanent  improvements  and 
necessary  equipment,  but  carried  upon  the  books  as  a  debt 
of  the  school.  There  is  also  the  annual  expense  of  several 
thousand  dollars  in  free  scholarships,  the  interest  upon 
money  invested  in  the  property  and  buildings  of  the  school. 

The  burden  of  this  indebtedness  lies  on  the  school,  and  it 
lies  upon  the  hearts  of  many  friends  of  the  school.  It  cer- 
tainly lies  heavy  upon  the  heart  of  your  Bishop.  Can  we 
not  lift  it  from  our  school  ?  As  long  as  it  lies  there  it  is  not 
only  a  burden  but  a  menace.     I  can  not  rest  while  it  con- 


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tinues  to  threaten  the  present  welfare  and  th,e  future  exist- 
ence of  what  we  have  so  worked  for,  and  hoped  for,  and 
prayed  for. 

If  God  should  spare  my  life  until  the  15th  day  of  October, 
1913,  just  about  eighteen  months  from  this  time,  I  shall  have 
completed  twenty  years  since  my  consecration  as  your  Bishop. 
The  greatest  work  done  in  this  Diocese  within  my  day  has 
been  the  establishment  of  St.  Mary's  School  as  an  institution 
of  the  Church.  I  should  like  to  celebrate  the  twentieth  an- 
niversary of  my  consecration  by  seeing  the  debt  on  St. 
Mary's  School  fully  paid,  or  provided  for,  and  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  raised  as  the  beginning  of  an  endowment. 
With  the  help  of  the  Diocese,  and  with  the  sympathetic 
cooperation  of  this  Convention,  I  should  like  to  devote  my- 
self and  my  endeavors  for  the  next  eighteen  months  pri- 
marily to  this  work.  I  believe  it  can  be  done.  Will  this 
Convention  join  me  in  an  earnest  endeavor  to  do  it? 

In  God's  good  providence  I  may  be  spared  some  years 
longer,  or  I  may  not.  But  when  a  man  has  been  twenty 
years  a  Bishop  he  must  know  that  his  days  of  efficiency  can 
not  be  greatly  extended.  I  face  this  condition.  By  God's 
help  I  would  like  to  do  the  best  thing  I  can  for  His  Church 
in  the  Diocese,  where,  by  His  permission,  I  have  been  called 
to  serve.  This  is  my  mind  and  my  humble,  but  I  trust  earn- 
est, purpose.  Would  that  I  might  have  the  grace  and  the 
power  to  fulfill  it. 

Jos.  Blouxt  Cheshire. 


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THE  BISHOP'S  ACCOUNT. 

Diocesan  Funds  in  His  Hands  May  1,  1911,  to  May  1,  1912. 
receipts. 


Collections  from  Congregations 

From  the  Woman's  Auxiliary: 

Mrs.  Blair $221.27 

Mrs.  King , 17.50 

Mrs.  Spruill   10.00 

Mrs.   Gibble    4.00 

Miss  Benson,  for  Colored  Missions.... 

Miss  Annie  L.  Devereux 5.00 

Col.  A.  B.  Andrews 50.00 

Mr.  Lawrence  S.  Holt 50.00 

Mr.  Wm.  E.  Holt 150.00 

Mr.  L.  L.  Little 50.00 

Mr.  Wm.  A.  Smith 25.00 

Mr.  Wm.  L.  London 25.00 

Mr.  J.  C.  Buxton 25.00 

Mr.  Jno.  S.  Henderson 20.00 

Mr.  J.  Harper  Erwin 10.00 

Mr.  Wm.  A.  Erwin 25.00 

Mr.  Thos.  H.  Battle 10.00 

Mr.  Edward  K.  Powe 10.00 

Mr.  James  S.  Manning 5.00 

Mr.  Chas.  A.  Hunt 25.00 

Mr.  Jno.  Q.  Gant 25.00 


DISBURSEMENTS. 

Education  Fund: 

J.  Reginald  Mallett $100.00 

Walter  L.   Loflin 35.00 

Church  Building,  etc.: 

Church  at  High  Point $25.00 

St.  Titus's  Church,  Durham 35.00 

Church  of  the  Redeemer,  Greensboro  100.00 

St.  Ambrose's  Church,  Raleigh 25.00 


Dr. 

$606.90 


Cr. 


252.77 


100.00 


510.00 


$1,469.67 


$135.00 


185.00 


$320.00 


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Diocesan  Missions — White: 

Rev.  Frederick  Thompson,  traveling 

expenses $20.00 

Rev.  Richard  W.  Hogue's  salary 25.00 

Rev.  R.  Percy  Eubanks 50.00 

Rev.    Oliver  J.   Whildin,   Deaf   Mute 

Missions    50.00 

Rev.  Richard  W.  Anderson,  removing 

from  Texas    100.00 

Rev.  W.  L.  Mellichampe,  traveling  ex- 
penses      2.80 

Rev.  Henry  O.  Nash,  for  horse,  etc. . .        10.00 
Rev.  Edwin  A.  Osborne,  traveling  ex- 
penses    3.95 

Rev.    Wm.    J.    Gordon,    traveling   ex- 
penses            10.00 

Rev.  Frederick  H.  Horsfield 25.00 

On  account  traveling  expenses  of  Sec- 
retary of  Woman's  Auxiliary 20.00 

Miss  Rose  Farley,  for  Mission  School  5.00 

Diocesan  Missions — Colored: 

To  Colored  Convocation $109.56 

Rev.  James  K.  Satterwhite 40.00 

Rev.  Robt.  J.  Johnson 100.00 

Rev.  James  E.  King 80.00 


Dr. 

$1*469.67 


Colored  Mission  and  Industrial  Schools: 

St.  Luke's  School,  Warren  County...  $15.00 
St.      Michael's      Industrial      School, 

Charlotte   25.00 

Pittsboro  Mission   School 100.00 

Greensboro  and  Durham  Schools....  100.00 

Balance   paid   on   general   account   for 
Colored  Missions    f 

By  balance  

Deficit  May  1,  1911 

Balance  as  above  

Deficit  May  1,  1912 


Cr. 

$320.00 


321.75 


329.56 


240.00 


250.00 


$1,469.67     $1,461.31 
8.36 


$1,469.67 

$150.94 
8.36 

$142.58 


